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No. 401/12-09

BUSINESS PUBLICATION CIRCULATION STATEMENT FOR THE 6 MONTH PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 2009 (Including Supplementary Data)

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Official Publication of: None Established: 1951 Issues per Year: 12 FIELD SERVED ROADS & BRIDGES serves contractors, engineers and consulting engineers, officials, superintendents of streets & other street maintenance personnel, contractors involved with highways, bridges, tunnels, viaducts and airport paving in state, county, city, township, municipal, federal and special road districts.

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DEFINITION OF RECIPIENT QUALIFICATION Qualified recipients are appointed or elected officials and engineers in state, county, city, township, municipal, federal and special road districts. Also qualified are contracting firms, consulting engineers and other titled and non–titled personnel in the field served. PURPOSE This supplementary statement contains an analysis of respondents who in the performance of their job have the authority to specify, select or approve acquisition of items listed herein and an analysis of respondents who have indicated that their firm's business is contracting or consulting engineering and the activities their firm is involved in.

1. AVERAGE QUALIFIED CIRCULATION BREAKOUT FOR PERIOD

AVERAGE NON-QUALIFIED CIRCULATION NON-QUALIFIED Not Included Elsewhere

Total Qualified

Copies

Other Paid Circulation___________ Advertiser and Agency __________ Rotated or Occasional __________ Allocated for Trade Shows and Conventions ______________ Digital _______________________ All Other______________________ TOTAL

229 1,691 50 642 2,612

Qualified Non-Paid

Qualified Paid

QUALIFIED CIRCULATION

Copies

Percent

Copies

Percent

Copies

Percent

Individual ______________________

60,054

100.0

60,054

100.0

-

-

Sponsored Individually Addressed __

-

-

-

-

-

-

Membership Benefit _____________

-

-

-

-

-

-

Multi-Copy Same Addressee_______

-

-

-

-

-

-

Single Copy Sales _______________

-

-

-

-

-

-

TOTAL QUALIFIED CIRCULATION

60,054

100.0

60,054

100.0

-

-

Number Removed

Number Added

Qualified Non-Paid

Qualified Paid

Total Qualified

2. QUALIFIED CIRCULATION BY ISSUES WITH REMOVALS AND ADDITIONS FOR PERIOD Number Removed

Number Added

July _____________

243

August __________

September_______

Qualified Non-Paid

Qualified Paid

Total Qualified

2009 Issue

221

60,056

October _________

81

79

60,044

246

252

60,062

November _______

199

205

60,050

371

355

60,046

December _______

256

273

60,067

TOTAL

1,396

1,385

1

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Roads & Bridges / December 2009 7. AVERAGE ANNUAL AUDITED QUALIFIED CIRCULATION AND CURRENT UNAUDITED CIRCULATION STATEMENTS Audited Data 6-Month Period Ended: Total Audit Average Qualified: _________ Qualified Non-Paid: _ Qualified Paid: _____ Post Expire Copies included in Paid Circulation: ________ Average Annual Order Price:_____________

Audited Data

Audited Data

Audited Data

Audited Data

Circulation Claim

January July June December 2008 2008

JanuaryJune 2009

July December 2009*

2006

2007

60,057 60,057 -

60,059 60,059 -

60,058 60,058 -

60,066 60,066 -

60,069 60,069 -

60,054 60,054 -

**NC

**NC

**NC

**NC

**NC

**NC

**NC

**NC

**NC

**NC

**NC

**NC

8. PAID CIRCULATION DATA **NC

Average Annual Subscription Order Price for the Period. (includes promotional incentive value, if any)

12

Issues Per Year

**NC

All Single Copy Sales Prices for the Period

**NC

Renewal Rate of Paid Subscribers (Optional)

*NOTE: July – December 2009 data is unaudited. With each successive period, new data will be added until six 6-month periods are displayed. **NC = None Claimed. 9. ADDITIONAL DATA PARAGRAPHS 5 & 6 ARE NOT REQUIRED. QUESTIONNAIRE USED BY PUBLICATION TO ELICIT SUPPLEMENTARY DATA:

PUBLISHER’S AFFIDAVIT We hereby make oath and say that all data set forth in this statement are true. Rick Schwer, Vice President/Group Publisher Mike Serino, Director of Circulation (At least one of the above signatures must be that of an officer of the publishing company or its authorized representative.) IMPORTANT NOTE: This unaudited circulation statement has been checked against the previous audit report. It will be included in the annual audit made by BPA Worldwide.

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Date signed

January 25, 2010

State

Illinois

County

Cook

Received by BPA Worldwide

January 25, 2010

Type

PSJ

ID Number

R049S0D9

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3a. BUSINESS/OCCUPATION BREAKOUT OF QUALIFIED CIRCULATION FOR ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 2009 This issue is -% or 5 copies below the average average of the other 5 issues reported in Paragraph two. This publication conforms to the uniform business/industry breakout which was developed by the BPA Worldwide advertiser, agency and publisher committee for the Roads, Streets & Bridges: Maintenance, Repair & Construction Market in June 1985, revised July 1991 and November 1996, requiring participating publications to report their circulation on a comparable basis by December 1996. A copy of the comparability brochure can be obtained by BPA Worldwide. CLASSIFICATION BY TITLE

TOTAL QUALIFIED

BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

PERCENT OF TOTAL

GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS (A)

CORPORATE MANAGEMENT (B)

OPERATIONS (C)

ENGINEERING (D)

TECHNICAL (E)

MARKETING (F)

OTHER TITLED AND NON–TITLED PERSONNEL (G)

______

7,537

12.6

3,066

224

2,013

1,806

257

16

155

2. Township, Town and Special District (with Road Jurisdiction) ________________________

1,606

2.7

785

55

498

190

30

5

43

___________

3,994

6.7

1,661

126

898

1,079

129

3

98

_____________

6,407

10.7

1,600

275

1,062

2,914

398

8

150

5. Federal _________________________

1,159

1.8

280

46

141

565

77

6

44

Sub–Total Copies To Government (All Levels)

20,703

34.5

7,392

726

4,612

6,554

891

38

490

______________________

20,591

34.3

-

12,790

3,910

1,292

282

404

1,913

7. Consulting Engineering ________________

16,535

27.5

-

4,909

1,276

9,144

612

212

382

_______________________

2,221

3.7

-

815

578

57

38

217

516

Sub–Total

39,347

65.5

-

18,514

5,764

10,493

932

833

2,811

TOTAL QUALIFIED CIRCULATION

60,050

100.0

7,392

19,240

10,376

17,047

1,823

871

3,301

PERCENT

100.0

12.3

32.0

17.3

28.4

3.0

1.5

5.5

1. Municipal Government (Metros, Cities)

3. County (With Road Jurisdiction)

4. State (Highway & Toll Road)

6. Contractors

8. Producers

(A) Mayor, City/Town/Village Manager, Administrator, Commissioner, Council Member, Director, Public Works, Health, Service, Safety Officials, City/County/District Engineer, Airport Manager. (B) President, CEO, Chairman, Owner, Partner, Exec/Senior VP, VP, Secretary, Treasurer, Financial Officer, Financial, Purchasing Manager. (C) General Manager, Director, VP, Manager, Supt. of Streets, Highway/Road Supt., Project Engineer, Maint. Supt., Supervisor, Foreman, Chief Operator, Equipment Operator. (D) VP, Director, Managing, Chief, Senior, Staff, Sanitary, Design, Mechanical, Electrical, Maintenance, Civil, Structural, Field, Construction, Environmental, EPA, Safety, Traffic, Highway, Road, Consulting. (E) Research, Scientist, Biologist, Chemist, Analyst, Environmental and Pollution Control Spec., Tech. Mgr., Supt., Supv. Foreman. (F) Marketing & Sales. (G) Other titled and non-titled personnel.

SUPPLEMENTARY DATE FOR ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 2009 This is an analysis of the 27,537 or 74.2% recipients that responded to the categories listed below. Question 2. If your firm is an independent contractor or consulting engineering firm, please check all activities in which your firm is involved. (See questionnaire used to elicit these data on the back page of this report). Since any one respondent may have checked more than one response, the totals for each of these items should not be added together, as the total may exceed the total circulation. These data are presented for statistical and marketing purposes only. STREETS, HIGHWAYS, NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS ROADS, BRIDGES, LIGHTING, WHO AIRPORT VIADUCTS, ROADSIDE EARTHMOVING SIGNING OR LIGHT MASS RAIL TRANSIT TOTAL PERCENT RESPONDED TO PAVEMENTS TUNNELS MAINTENANCE EXCAVATING SAFETY BUSING QUALIFIED OF TOTAL QUESTION (A) (C) (D) (F) (G) (H) BUSINESS & INDUSTRY (B) (E) 1. Contractors _______

20,591

55.5

13,351

10,272

6,558

4,774

9,707

3,447

343

302

51

_

16,535

44.5

14,186

12,798

10,493

4,443

7,334

7,450

1,109

1,054

373

TOTAL

37,126

100.0

27,537

23,070

17,051

9,217

17,041

10,897

1,452

1,356

424

2. Consulting Engineers

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SUPPLEMENTARY DATA FOR ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 2009 This is an analysis of the 37,924 or 63.2% recipients that responded to the categories listed below. Question 3. BUYING AUTHORITY: In the performance of my job, I have the authority to specify, select or approve acquisition of the following: (Please check all that apply). (See questionnaire used to elicit these data on the back page of this report). Since any one respondent may have checked more than one response, the totals for each of these items should not be added together, as the total may exceed the total circulation. These data are presented for statistical and marketing purposes only.

ALL PAVING, PLANNING AND RECYCLING EARTH MOVING, EQUIPMENT EXCAVATING, SYSTEMS NUMBER OF RESPONDENTS GRADING AND INCLUDING WHO RELATED BREAKERS AND EQUIPMENT COMPACTORS RESPONDED TO QUESTION (A) (B)

LIFTING AND HOISTING EQUIPMENT FOR SHOP AND/OR FIELD (C)

ROAD MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT, MOWERS, PLOWS, SWEEPERS, SPREADERS & ACCESSORIES (D)

LIGHTING, POLES, POSTS, STRIPING, SIGNS AND COMPRESSORS, SUPPORTS, WELDING ROAD ENGINES, CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, COMPONENTS, MATERIALS, ROAD AND GENERATORS, PARTS, WORKSTATION TRAFFIC PUMPS AND S, PRINTERS, INCLUDING EQUIPMENT ADDITIVES, SAFETY OTHER MAINTENANCE, PLOTTERS, BRIDGE AND EMULSIONS, EQUIPMENT GENERAL TOOLS, VIADUCT PERIPHERALS AND ITS UTILITY TRUCKS, SEALANTS, HERBICIDES, REPLACEMENT BRIDGE DECK STRUCTURAL AND SOFTWARE TRAILERS AND SURFACE APPLICATORS TECHNOLOGY/ EQUIPMENT ELEMENTS, AND RAIL COMPONENTS (INCLUDING EQUIPMENT HAULING TREATMENTS, AND EQUIPMENT FOR SHOP AND CROSSING AND CAD, GIS AND LEASING/ SERVICES AND/OR FIELD LUBRICANTS SCHEDULING) EQUIPMENT GEOTEXTILES CHEMICALS PADS MATERIALS RENTAL (E) (F) (G) (H & R) (I) (J) (K) (M) (L) (O)

FINANCING/ INSURANCE (P)

DESIGN/ STORMWATER/ CONSULTING/ EROSION ENGINEERING CONTROL SERVICES PRODUCTS (Q) (S)

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY

TOTAL QUALIFIED

PERCENT OF TOTAL

1. Public Officials (Government) __________

20,703

34.5

14,187

7,535

6,971

6,416

8,157

7,705

9,653

5,663

9,188

6,827

6,056

5,453

5,477

6,539

6,387

2,788

7,450

5,186

____________________

20,591

34.3

12,057

8,914

6,898

7,201

6,428

8,785

7,719

3,853

5,780

7,741

6,856

4,165

4,454

6,380

7,533

5,771

4,743

2,899

3. Consulting Engineers_______________

16,535

27.5

11,256

2,917

2,725

2,066

1,875

1,927

5,615

1,923

5,550

1,932

1,527

3,588

4,170

5,196

2,428

2,028

8,346

2,689

_____________________

2,221

3.7

424

169

139

185

146

208

182

76

149

176

172

79

100

194

186

133

136

102

60,050

100.0

37,924

19,535

16,733

15,868

16,606

18,625

23,169

11,515

20,667

16,676

14,611

13,285

14,201

18,309

16,534

10,720

20,675

10,876

2. Contractors

4. Producers

TOTAL

4. GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKOUT OF QUALIFIED CIRCULATION FOR ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 2009 State & Zip Code Total Qualified Percent

3b. QUALIFICATION SOURCE BREAKOUT OF QUALIFIED CIRCULATION FOR ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 2009 Qualified Within QUALIFICATION SOURCE

1 Year

2 Years

3 Years

Direct Request:___________________________________________________________ Request from recipient’s company: __________________________________________ Membership Benefit: ______________________________________________________ Communication from recipient or recipient’s company (other than request): ________ TOTAL – Sources other than above (listed alphabetically): _______________________ Association rosters and directories __________________________________________ Business directories ______________________________________________________ Manufacturer’s, distributor’s, and wholesaler’s lists ____________________________ Other sources ___________________________________________________________ VI. Single Copy Sales: ________________________________________________________ TOTAL QUALIFIED CIRCULATION PERCENT

48,034 861 16 2,508 1,063 1,445 51,419 85.6

8,128 503 8,631 14.4

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I. II. III. IV. V.

Qualified Non-Paid

Qualified Paid

Total Qualified 56,162 1,364 16 2,508 1,063 1,445 60,050 100.0

Percent 93.5 2.3 4.2 1.8 2.4 100.0

3c. MAILING ADDRESS BREAKOUT OF QUALIFIED CIRCULATION FOR ISSUE OF NOVEMBER 2009 Qualified Non-Paid

MAILING ADDRESS Individuals by name and title and/or function _________________________________________________________________ Individuals by name only ___________________________________________________________________________________ Titles or functions only _____________________________________________________________________________________ Company names only _____________________________________________________________________________________ Multi-Copy Same Addressee copies __________________________________________________________________________ Single Copy Sales _________________________________________________________________________________________ TOTAL QUALIFIED CIRCULATION

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Qualified Paid

Total Qualified

Percent

57,518 2,264 219 49 60,050

95.8 3.7 0.4 0.1 100.0

039-049 Maine ____________________________ 030-038 New Hampshire _____________________ 050-059 Vermont __________________________ 010-027 Massachusetts _____________________ 028-029 Rhode Island _______________________ 060-069 Connecticut ________________________ NEW ENGLAND 100-149 New York __________________________ 070-089 New Jersey ________________________ 150-196 Pennsylvania _______________________ MIDDLE ATLANTIC 430-459 Ohio _____________________________ 460-479 Indiana ___________________________ 600-629 Illinois ____________________________ 480-499 Michigan __________________________ 530-549 Wisconsin _________________________ EAST NO. CENTRAL 550-567 Minnesota _________________________ 500-528 Iowa _____________________________ 630-658 Missouri __________________________ 580-588 North Dakota_______________________ 570-577 South Dakota ______________________ 680-693 Nebraska _________________________ 660-679 Kansas ___________________________ WEST NO. CENTRAL 197-199 Delaware __________________________ 206-219 Maryland __________________________ 200-205 Washington, DC _____________________ 220-246 Virginia ___________________________ 247-268 West Virginia _______________________ 270-289 North Carolina ______________________ 290-299 South Carolina _____________________ 300-319 Georgia ___________________________ 320-349 Florida ____________________________ SOUTH ATLANTIC

389 428 173 1,610 239 845 3,684 3,284 1,830 3,236 8,350 2,670 1,286 3,147 1,913 1,533 10,549 1,265 1,014 1,552 274 348 589 841 5,883 162 1,107 130 1,784 387 1,616 678 1,370 3,135 10,369

6.1

13.9

17.6

9.8

17.3

5

State & Zip Code

Total Qualified

400-427 Kentucky __________________________ 370-385 Tennessee _________________________ 350-369 Alabama __________________________ 386-397 Mississippi _________________________ EAST SO. CENTRAL 716-729 Arkansas __________________________ 700-714 Louisiana __________________________ 730-749 Oklahoma _________________________ 750-799 Texas _____________________________ WEST SO. CENTRAL 590-599 Montana __________________________ 832-838 Idaho _____________________________ 820-831 Wyoming __________________________ 800-816 Colorado __________________________ 870-884 New Mexico ________________________ 850-865 Arizona ___________________________ 840-847 Utah ______________________________ 889-898 Nevada ___________________________ MOUNTAIN 995-999 Alaska ____________________________ 980-994 Washington ________________________ 970-979 Oregon ____________________________ 900-961 California __________________________ 967-968 Hawaii ____________________________ PACIFIC UNITED STATES 969 & 004-009 U.S. Territories ________________ Canada ___________________________________ Mexico ___________________________________ Other International __________________________ APO/FPO _________________________________

774 905 733 479 2,891 421 672 610 3,772 5,475 424 434 258 1,371 347 826 423 362 4,445 217 1,225 838 4,015 232 6,527 58,173 158 1,689 16 2 12

TOTAL QUALIFIED CIRCULATION

60,050

Percent

4.8

9.1

7.4

10.9 96.9

100.0

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